Rhetorical Devices

I was not here Monday for personal reasons and had to go to tutoring Tuesday during the presidential debate. So instead I watched this:

http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-october-17-2012-tyler-perry

I am going to be honest when I say I am not sure what I am doing but here we go:

• Charles Krauthammer (spelling?) is used as an "Appeal to Authority" rhetoric when he said there were low expectations for Obama.
• Romney sitting on a bar stool during the debate because he is Mormon and doesn't spend a lot of time in bars. "Yes, only people who go to bars know how to sit in stools." I suppose that is an Ad Hominem.
• The idea that anyone on Obama's team would hide information about the terrorist attack on Libya is "offensive" would be an Appeal to Emotion I think. Not in gaining sympathy but to appeal anger toward Romney for saying what we all know is true, "our government is corrupt".
• The idea that the culture of violence is caused by children not having a mom and dad in the household... A CLEAR example of False Cause. Though in my public speaking class, we did talk about diversion as a great alternative when you can't answer a question.

That is just four I saw early.

Ciao,
Kayla Ciliberto

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